Excerpt from Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society, Vol. 3: 1898 Pedro, who was instrumental in helping the young engineer to secure many contracts. Soon after engaging in business in Newark Mr. Battin interested himself in street railway afiairs, becoming President of the Essex Passenger Street Railway Company. In 1893 he was elected President of the Security Savings Bank, and in 1895 President of the Manufacturers' Na tional Bank, both of which positions he held at the time of his death. He was also a vestryman of Trinity Episcopal church, Newark, and was a member of various clubs in-newark and New York. He married in 1852 Priscilla C. Davis, by whom he had two children; she dying in 1854. He married in 1856 Joanna B. Downing, who became the mother of four children and died in 1894. In 1898 he married Ada B. Douglas, who survived him. He was also survived by two sons, Sylvester S. Battin, Jr.. And John Downing Battin. He was elected a member of this Society, biay 15, 1895. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.